Chaque année, la Recording Academy, en charge des Grammys, choisit d’honorer quelques enregistrements qui lui semblent significatifs en termes historiques ou qualitatifs. La promotion 2017 comprend parmi les vingt-cinq lauréats certains disques en lien avec les centres d’intérêt de Soul Bag :

• “ABC”
The Jackson 5
(Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, songwriters)
Motown (1970)
Single

• “(HEP-HEP!) THE JUMPIN’ JIVE”
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
(Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer, songwriters)
Vocalion (1939)
Single

• “I CAN’T MAKE YOU LOVE ME”
Bonnie Raitt
(Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin, songwriters)
Capitol (1991)
Single

• SIGN “O” THE TIMES
Prince
Paisley Park/Warner Bros. (1987)
Album

• “STACK O’LEE BLUES”
Mississippi John Hurt
(Traditional)
OKeh (1928)
Single

• “STATESBORO BLUES”
Blind Willie McTell
(Willie McTell, songwriter)
Victor (1928)
Single

• “THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN) ”
Sly & The Family Stone
(Sly Stone, songwriter)
Epic (1969)
Single

• “WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN”
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
(Traditional)
Decca (1939)
Single